What is the author's perspective in the memoir, Almost a Woman?

Santiago is a professional journalist, and her journalistic expertise is evident in Almost a Woman. Although she includes melodic dialogue, vivid descriptive passages, and evocative literary imagery, her style primarily resembles the straightforward writing typical of newspapers and magazines. She tells her story in almost purely chronological order, offering each event in her life as an installment in a news story, interpreting and commenting on those events infrequently.